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Conversely, the Tigers hitters did not challenge two strike calls early in the game that looked as though they would have been overturned.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
That slow-motion-in-real-time three-pointer by Ashlon Jackson that rolled around and around the rim as though the basketball gods needed just a little more time to determine UCLA’s opponent Sunday.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
The sequel also feels incomplete at times, as though apt music choices, tight action editing and coherent sound design had all been sacrificed to meet the three-month turnaround from its predecessor.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
Yet Illinois’ dominant insurer, along with many of its peers, continues to behave as though steep increases are unavoidable.
—Barbara Hoare, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Mar. 2026
That slow-motion-in-real-time three-pointer by Ashlon Jackson that rolled around and around the rim as though the basketball gods needed just a little more time to determine UCLA’s opponent Sunday.
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2026
The sequel also feels incomplete at times, as though apt music choices, tight action editing and coherent sound design had all been sacrificed to meet the three-month turnaround from its predecessor.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
Yet Illinois’ dominant insurer, along with many of its peers, continues to behave as though steep increases are unavoidable.
—Barbara Hoare, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
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“As though.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/as%20though. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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